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#160. Weakness.-- N. weakness

• debility

• relaxation

• languor

• enervation

• impotence

• infirmity

• effeminacy

• fragility

• flaccidity

• inactivity

• anaemia

• bloodlessness

• deficiency of blood

• poverty of blood

• declension of strength

• loss of strength

• failure of strength;

• delicacy

• invalidation

• decrepitude

• cachexia[Med]

• sprain

• strain

• reed

• thread

• rope of sand

• house of cards

• weakling

• infant

• youth

• V. be weak

• drop

• crumble

• give way

• totter

• tremble

• shake

• halt

• limp

• fade

• languish

• decline

• flag

• fail

• have one leg in the grave

• render weak

• weaken

• enfeeble

• debilitate

• shake

• deprive of

• strength

• relax

• enervate

• eviscerate

• unbrace

• unnerve

• cripple

• unman

• (render powerless) 15

• cramp

• reduce

• sprain

• strain

• blunt the edge of;

• dilute

• impoverish

• decimate

• extenuate

• reduce in strength

• reduce the

• strength of

• Adj. weak

• feeble

• debile|

• impotent

• relaxed

• unnerved

• v

• sapless

• powerless

• weakly

• unstrung

• flaccid

• nervous

• soft

• effeminate

• womanly

• frail

• fragile

• flimsy

• unsubstantial

• insubstantial

• gimcrack

• gingerbread

• rickety

• creaky

• creaking

• cranky

• drooping

• tottering

• broken

• lame

• withered

• shattered

• shaken

• crazy

• shaky

• palsied

• 15

• decrepit

• languid

• poor

• infirm

• faint

• sickly

• 65

• dull

• slack

• evanid|

• spent

• short-winded

• effete

• weather-beaten;

• decayed

• rotten

• worn

• seedy

• languishing

• wasted

• washy

• laid low

• pulled

• down

• the worse for wear

• unstrengthened

• unsupported

• unaided

• unassisted;

• defenseless

• cantilevered (support) 215

• on its last legs

• weak as a child

• weak as a baby

• weak as a chicken

• weak as a cat

• weak as a rat

• weak as water

• weak as water gruel

• weak as

• gingerbread

• weak as milk and water

• colorless

• Phr. non sum qualis eram[Lat]

• 3. POWER IN OPERATION

#161. Production.-- N. {ant.

• 158} production

• creation

• construction

• formation

• fabrication

• manufacture

• building

• architecture

• erection

• edification

• coinage

• organization

• nisus

• formativus[Lat]

• putting together

• establishment

• workmanship

• performance

• achievement

• flowering

• fructification

• inflorescence

• bringing forth

• birth

• birth-throe

• childbirth

• delivery

• confinement

• accouchement

• travail

• labor

• midwifery

• obstetrics;

• gestation

• assimilation

• evolution

• development

• growth

• entelechy[Phil]

• fertilization

• gemination

• germination

• heterogamy[Biol]

• genesis

• generation

• procreation

• propagation

• fecundation

• impregnation;

• albumen

• spontaneous generation

• biogenesis

• oogenesis

• parthenogenesis

• authorship

• publication

• works

• opus

• oeuvre

• vacuolization

• edifice

• building

• structure

• fabric

• erection

• pile

• tower

• flower

• fruit

• V. produce

• perform

• operate

• do

• make

• gar

• form

• construct

• fabricate

• frame

• contrive

• manufacture

• weave

• forge

• coin

• carve

• chisel;

• build

• raise

• edify

• rear

• erect

• put together

• set up

• run up

• establish

• constitute

• compose

• organize

• institute

• achieve

• accomplish

• (complete) 729

• flower

• bear fruit

• fructify

• teem

• farrow

• drop

• pup

• kitten

• kindle

• bear

• lay

• whelp

• bring forth

• give birth to

• lie in

• be brought to bed of

• evolve

• pullulate

• usher into the world

• make productive

• create

• beget

• get

• generate

• fecundate

• impregnate

• procreate

• propagate

• engender

• bring into

• being

• call into being

• bring into existence

• breed

• hatch

• develop

• bring

• up

• induce

• superinduce

• suscitate|

• cause

• acquire

• Adj. produced

• producing

• productive of

• prolific

• creative

• formative

• genetic

• genial

• genital

• pregnant

• enceinte

• big

• with

• fraught with

• in the family way

• teeming

• parturient

• in the straw

• brought to bed of

• puerperal

• oogenetic

• sporogenous[Biol]

• sporophorous[Biol]

• architectonic

• Phr. ex nihilo nihil[Lat]

• fiat lux[Lat]

• materiam superabat opus

• [Lat][Ovid]

• nemo dat quod non habet [Latin]

#162. [Nonproduction.] Destruction.-- N. {ant. 161} destruction;

• waste

• dissolution

• breaking up

• disruption

• consumption;

• disorganization

• fall

• downfall

• devastation

• ruin

• perdition

• crash;

• smash

• havoc

• debacle

• break down

• break up

• fall apart

• prostration

• desolation

• wreck

• wrack

• shipwreck

• cataclysm

• washout

• extinction

• annihilation

• destruction of life

• knock-down

• blow

• doom

• crack of doom

• destroying

• demolition

• demolishment

• overthrow

• subversion

• suppression

• abolition

• sacrifice;

• ravage

• inactivation

• incendiarism

• revolution

• extirpation

• beginning of the end

• commencement de la

• road to ruin

• dilapidation

• sabotage

• V. be destroyed

• perish

• fall to the ground

• tumble

• topple

• go to

• pieces

• fall to pieces

• break up

• crumble to dust

• go to the dogs

• go to

• the wall

• go to smash

• go to shivers

• go to wreck

• go to pot

• go to wrack

• and ruin

• go by the board

• go all to smash

• be all over

• be all up

• be all

• with

• totter to its fall

• destroy

• do away with

• make away with

• nullify

• annual

• sacrifice

• demolish

• tear up

• overturn

• overthrow

• overwhelm

• upset

• subvert

• put an end to

• seal the doom of

• do in

• do for

• dish*

• undo

• break

• up

• cut up

• break down

• cut down

• pull down

• mow down

• blow down

• beat

• down

• suppress

• quash

• put down

• do a job on

• cut short

• take off

• blot

• out

• dispel

• dissipate

• dissolve

• consume

• smash

• crash

• quell

• squash

• squelch

• crumple up

• shatter

• shiver;

• batter to pieces

• tear to pieces

• crush to pieces

• cut to pieces

• shake to

• pieces

• pull to pieces

• pick to pieces

• nip

• tear to rags

• tear to tatters

• crush to atoms

• knock to atoms

• ruin

• strike out

• throw

• over

• knock down over

• fell

• sink

• swamp

• scuttle

• wreck

• shipwreck

• engulf

• submerge

• lay in ashes

• lay in ruins

• sweep away

• erase

• wipe out

• expunge

• raze

• level with the dust

• level with the ground;

• waste

• atomize

• vaporize

• deal destruction

• desolate

• devastate

• lay waste

• ravage gut;

• disorganize

• dismantle

• devour

• swallow up

• sap

• mine

• blast

• bomb

• blow to smithereens

• drop the big one

• confound;

• exterminate

• extinguish

• quench

• annihilate

• snuff out

• put out

• stamp out

• trample out

• lay in the dust

• trample in the dust

• prostrate

• tread under

• foot

• crush under foot

• trample under foot

• lay the ax to the root of

• make

• short work of

• make clean sweep of

• make mincemeat of

• cut up root and

• branch

• chop into pieces

• cut into ribbons

• fling to the winds

• scatter to

• the winds

• throw overboard

• strike at the root of

• sap the foundations of

• spring a mine

• blow up

• ravage with fire and sword

• cast to the dogs;

• eradicate

• Adj. destroyed

• perishing

• trembling to its fall

• nodding to its fall

• tottering to its fall

• in course of destruction

• n

• extinct

• all-destroying

• all-devouring

• all-engulfing

• destructive

• subversive

• ruinous

• devastating

• incendiary

• deletory|;

• destroying

• deadly

• Adv. with crushing effect

• with a sledge hammer

• Phr. delenda est Carthago[Lat]

• dum Roma deliberat Saguntum

• perit[Lat]

#163. Reproduction.-- N. reproduction

• renovation

• restoration

• 660

• renewal

• new edition

• reprint

• revival

• regeneration

• revivification

• apotheosis

• resuscitation

• reanimation

• resurrection

• reappearance

• regrowth

• Phoenix

• generation

• multiplication

• V. reproduce

• restore

• revive

• renovate

• renew

• regenerate

• revivify

• resuscitate

• reanimate

• remake

• refashion

• stir the embers

• put

• into the crucible

• multiply

• repeat

• crop up

• spring up like mushrooms

• Adj. reproduced

• renascent

• reappearing

• reproductive;

#164. Producer.-- N. producer

• originator

• inventor

• author

• founder

• generator

• mover

• architect

• creator

• prime mover

• maker

• prime mover

#165. Destroyer.-- N. destroyer

• cankerworm

• (bane) 6

• assassin

• executioner

• iconoclast

• nihilist

#166. Paternity.-- N. paternity

• parentage

• consanguinity

• parent

• father

• sire

• dad

• papa

• paterfamilias

• genitor

• progenitor

• procreator

• ancestor

• grandfather

• great-

• grandfather

• fatherhood

• house

• stem

• trunk

• tree

• stock

• stirps

• pedigree

• lineage

• line

• family

• tribe

• sept

• race

• clan

• genealogy

• descent

• extraction

• birth

• ancestry

• forefathers

• forbears

• patriarchs

• motherhood

• maternity

• mother

• dam

• mamma

• materfamilias[Lat]

• grandmother

• Adj. paternal

• parental

• maternal

• family

• ancestral

• linear

• patriarchal

• Phr. avi numerantur avorum[Lat]

• "happy he with such a mother"

• [Tennyson]

• philosophia

• stemma non inspicit [Lat][Seneca]

#167. Posterity.-- N. posterity

• progeny

• breed

• issue

• offspring

• brood

• litter

• seed

• farrow

• spawn

• spat

• family

• grandchildren

• heirs;

• great-grandchild

• child

• son

• daughter

• bantling

• scion

• shoot

• sprout

• olive-branch

• branch

• off-shoot

• off-set

• ramification

• descendant

• heir

• heiress

• heir-apparent

• heir-

• presumptive

• chip off the old block

• heredity

• rising generation

• straight descent

• line

• lineage

• primogeniture

• Adj. filial

• Phr. "the child is father of the man" [Wordsworth]

• "the fruit doesn't

• fall far from the tree"

• "like father

• like son"

#168. Productiveness -- N. productiveness

• fecundity

• fertility

• luxuriance

• uberty|

• pregnancy

• pullulation

• fructification

• multiplication

• propagation

• procreation

• superfetation

• milch cow

• rabbit

• hydra

• warren

• seed plot

• land flowing with milk

• and honey

• second crop

• aftermath

• aftercrop

• protoplasm

• fertilization

• V. make -productive

• fructify

• procreate

• generate

• fertilize

• impregnate

• fecundate

• teem

• multiply

• produce

• conceive

• Adj. productive

• prolific

• teeming

• fertile

• fruitful

• fruit-bearing

• fecund

• luxuriant

• pregnant

• procreative

• generative

• life-giving

• spermatic;

• multiparous

• propagable

• parturient

• profitable

#169. Unproductiveness.-- N. unproductiveness

• infertility

• sterility

• masturbation

• impotence

• unprofitableness

• waste

• desert

• Sahara

• wild

• wilderness

• howling wilderness

• V. be - unproductive

• hang fire

• flash in the pan

• come to

• nothing

• [make unproductive] sterilize

• addle

• disable

• inactivate

• Adj. unproductive

• inoperative

• barren

• addled

• infertile

• unfertile

• arid

• sterile

• unfruitful

• sine prole

• fallow

• fruitless

• unprofitable

• null and void

• of no effect

#170. Agency.-- N. agency

• operation

• force

• working

• strain

• function

• office

• maintenance

• exercise

• work

• swing

• play;

• interaction

• procurement

• causation

• instrumentality

• influence

• action

• modus operandi

• quickening power

• maintaining power

• sustaining power

• home stroke

• V. be -in action

• operate

• work

• act

• act upon

• perform

• play

• support

• sustain

• strain

• maintain

• take effect

• quicken

• strike

• come play

• come bring into operation

• have play

• have free play

• bring

• to bear upon

• Adj. operative

• efficient

• efficacious

• practical

• effectual

• at work

• on foot

• acting

• in operation

• in force

• in

• action

• in play

• in exercise

• acted upon

• wrought upon

• Adv. by the -agency

• through

• by

• means of

• Phr. "I myself must mix with action lest I wither by despair"

• [Tennyson]

#171. Physical Energy.-- N. energy

• physical energy

• force

• power

• 15

• keenness

• intensity

• vigor

• strength

• elasticity

• go

• high

• pressure

• fire

• rush

• acrimony

• virulence

• poignancy;

• harshness

• severity

• edge

• point

• pungency

• cantharides

• seasoning

• activity

• agitation

• effervescence

• ferment

• fermentation

• ebullition

• splutter

• perturbation

• stir

• bustle

• voluntary energy

• quicksilver

• resolution

• exertion

• excitation

• V. give -energy

• energize

• stimulate

• kindle

• excite

• exert;

• sharpen

• intensify

• inflame

• wind up

• (strengthen) 159

• strike home

• into home

• hard home

• make an impression

• Adj. strong

• energetic

• forcible

• active

• intense

• deep-dyed

• severe

• keen

• vivid

• sharp

• acute

• incisive

• trenchant

• brisk

• rousing

• irritation

• poignant

• virulent

• caustic

• corrosive

• mordant

• harsh

• stringent

• double-edged

• double-distilled;

• drastic

• escharotic|

• racy

• potent

• radioactive

• Adv. strongly

• fortiter in re[Lat]

• with telling effect

• Phr. the steam is up

• vires acquirit eundo[Lat]

• "the race by vigor

• not by vaunts is won" [Pope]

#172. Physical Inertness.-- N. inertness

• dullness

• inertia

• vis inertiae[Latin]

• inactivity

• torpor

• languor;

• quiescence

• latency

• inaction

• passivity

• mental inertness

• sloth

• inexcitability

• irresolution

• obstinacy

• permanence

• rare gas

• paraffin

• noble metal

• unreactivity

• V. be -inert

• hang fire

• smolder

• Adj. inert

• inactive

• passive

• torpid

• sluggish

• dull

• heavy

• flat

• slack

• tame

• slow

• blunt

• unreactive

• lifeless

• dead

• latent

• dormant

• smoldering

• Adv. inactively

• in suspense

• in abeyance

• <-- separate force from violence? -->

#173. Violence.-- N. violence

• inclemency

• vehemence

• might

• impetuosity

• boisterousness

• effervescence

• ebullition;

• turbulence

• bluster

• uproar

• riot

• row

• rumpus

• devil to pay

• all the fat in the fire

• severity

• ferocity

• rage

• fury

• exacerbation

• exasperation

• malignity

• fit

• paroxysm

• orgasm

• climax

• force

• brute

• force

• outrage

• coup de main

• strain

• shock

• spasm

• convulsion

• throe

• hysterics

• passion

• outbreak

• outburst

• debacle

• burst

• bounce

• discharge

• volley

• explosion

• blow up

• blast

• detonation

• rush

• eruption

• displosion|

• torrent

• turmoil

• ferment

• storm

• tempest

• rough weather

• squall

• earthquake

• volcano

• thunderstorm

• berserk

• berserker

• fury

• dragon

• demon

• tiger

• beldame

• Megaera

• madcap

• wild beast

• fire eater

• (blusterer) 887

• V. be -violent

• run high

• ferment

• effervesce

• romp

• rampage

• go on a rampage

• run wild

• run amuck

• run riot

• break the peace

• rush

• tear

• rush headlong

• rush foremost

• raise a storm

• make a riot

• rough

• house*

• riot

• storm

• wreak

• bear down

• ride roughshod

• out Herod

• Herod;

• spread like wildfire

• [(person) shout or act in anger at something] explode

• make a row

• kick up a row

• boil

• boil over

• fume

• foam

• come on like a lion

• bluster

• rage

• roar

• fly off the handle

• go bananas

• go ape

• blow one's top

• blow

• one's cool

• flip one's lid

• hit the ceiling

• hit the roof

• fly into a rage

• (anger) 900.

• break out

• fly out

• burst out

• bounce

• explode

• go off

• displode|

• fly

• detonate

• thunder

• blow up

• flash

• flare

• burst

• shock

• strain

• break open

• force open

• prize open

• render violent

• sharpen

• stir up

• quicken

• excite

• incite

• annoy

• urge

• lash

• stimulate

• turn on

• irritate

• inflame

• kindle

• suscitate|

• foment

• accelerate

• aggravate

• exasperate

• exacerbate

• convulse

• infuriate

• madden

• lash into fury

• fan the flame

• add fuel to the

• flame

• pour oil on the fire

• oleum addere camino[Lat]

• explode

• let fly

• fly off

• discharge

• detonate

• set off

• fulminate

• Adj. violent

• vehement

• warm

• acute

• sharp

• rough

• rude

• ungentle

• bluff

• boisterous

• wild

• brusque

• abrupt

• waspish

• impetuous

• rampant

• turbulent

• disorderly

• blustering

• raging

• riotous

• tumultuous

• obstreperous

• uproarious;

• extravagant

• unmitigated

• ravening

• inextinguishable

• tameless

• frenzied

• infuriate

• furious

• outrageous

• frantic

• hysteric

• in hysterics

• fiery

• flaming

• scorching

• hot

• red-hot

• ebullient

• savage

• fierce

• ferocious

• fierce as a tiger

• excited

• unquenched

• unrepressed

• unbridled

• unruly

• headstrong

• ungovernable

• unappeasable

• immitigable

• uncontrollable

• insuppressible

• irrepressible

• orgastic

• orgasmatic

• orgasmic

• spasmodic

• convulsive

• explosive

• detonating

• volcanic

• meteoric

• stormy

• Adv. violently

• by storm

• by force

• by main

• force

• with might and main

• tooth and nail

• vi et armis[Lat]

• at the point

• of the sword

• at the point of the bayonet

• at one fell swoop

• with a high

• hand

• through thick and thin

• in desperation

• with a vengeance

• a

• headlong

• head foremost

• Phr. furor arma ministrat[Lat]

• "blown with restless violence round

• about the pendent world" [Measure for Measure]

#174. Moderation.-- N. moderation

• lenity

• temperateness

• gentleness

• sobriety

• quiet

• mental calmness

• moderating

• relaxation

• remission

• mitigation

• assuagement

• pacification

• measure

• golden mean

• [Grk]

• moderator

• lullaby

• sedative

• lenitive

• demulcent

• antispasmodic

• carminative

• laudanum

• rose water

• balm

• poppy

• opiate

• anodyne

• milk

• opium

• "poppy or mandragora"

• wet blanket

• palliative

• V. be -moderate

• keep within bounds

• keep within compass;

• sober down

• settle down

• keep the peace

• remit

• relent

• take in sail

• moderate

• soften

• mitigate

• temper

• accoy|

• mollify

• dull

• take off the

• edge

• blunt

• sheathe

• subdue

• chasten

• sober down

• tone down

• smooth down

• weaken

• lessen

• check palliate

• tranquilize

• pacify

• assuage

• appease

• swag

• lull

• soothe

• compose

• still

• calm

• calm down

• cool

• quiet

• hush

• quell

• sober

• pacify

• tame

• damp

• lay

• allay

• rebate

• slacken

• smooth

• alleviate

• rock to sleep

• deaden

• smooth

• throw cold water on

• throw a wet blanket over

• turn off;

• slake

• curb

• tame

• smooth over

• pour

• oil on the waves

• pour oil on the troubled waters

• pour balm into

• mattre

• go out like a lamb

• "roar you as gently as any sucking dove,"

• [Midsummer-Night's Dream]

• Adj. moderate

• lenient

• gentle

• mild

• mellow

• cool

• sober

• temperate

• reasonable

• measured

• tempered

• calm

• unruffled

• quiet

• tranquil

• still

• slow

• smooth

• untroubled

• tame

• peaceful

• peaceable;

• pacific

• halcyon

• unexciting

• soft

• bland

• oily

• demulcent

• lenitive

• anodyne

• hypnotic

• sedative

• mild as mother's milk

• milk and water

• Adv. moderately

• gingerly

• piano

• under easy sail

• at half

• speed

• within bounds

• within compass

• in reason

• pour oil on troubled waters

• 4. Indirect Power

#175. Influence.-- N. influence

• importance

• weight

• pressure

• preponderance

• prevalence

• sway

• predominance

• dominance

• reign

• control

• domination

• pull*

• authority

• capability

• effect

• interest

• synergy (cooperation) 709

• footing

• purchase

• play

• leverage

• vantage ground

• tower of strength

• host in himself

• protection

• patronage

• auspices

• V. have -influence

• be -influential

• carry weight

• weigh

• tell

• have a hold upon

• magnetize

• bear upon

• gain a footing

• work

• upon

• take root

• take hold

• strike root in

• run through

• pervade

• prevail

• dominate

• predominate

• out weigh

• over

• weigh

• over-ride

• over-bear

• gain head

• rage

• be -rife

• spread

• like wildfire

• have the upper hand

• get the upper hand

• gain the upper

• hand

• have full play

• get full play

• gain full play

• be recognized

• be listened to

• make one's voice heard

• gain a hearing;

• play a part

• play a leading part

• play a leading part in

• take the lead

• pull the strings

• turn the scale

• throw one's weight into the scale

• set

• the fashion

• lead the dance

• Adj. influential

• effective

• important

• weighty

• prevailing

• prevalent

• rife

• rampant

• dominant

• regnant

• predominant

• in the

• ascendant

• Adv. with telling effect

#175a. Absence of Influence.-- N. impotence

• powerlessness;

• inertness

• irrelevancy

• V. have no -influence

• ineffective

• inconsequential

• nugatory;

• unconducing

• unconducive

• powerless

• irrelevant

#176. Tendency.-- N. tendency

• aptness

• aptitude

• proneness

• proclivity

• bent

• turn

• tone

• bias

• set

• leaning to

• predisposition

• inclination

• propensity

• susceptibility

• conatus[Lat]

• nisus[Lat];

• liability

• quality

• nature

• temperament

• idiosyncrasy

• cast

• vein

• grain

• humor

• mood

• drift

• conduciveness

• applicability

• subservience

• V. tend

• contribute

• conduce

• lead

• dispose

• incline

• verge

• bend to

• trend

• affect

• carry

• redound to

• bid fair to

• gravitate towards

• promote

• Adj. tending

• conducive

• working towards

• in a fair way to

• calculated to

• liable

• subservient

• useful

• subsidiary

• Adv. for

• whither

#177. Liability.-- N. liability

• possibility

• contingency

• susceptibility

• exposure

• V. be -liable

• incur

• lay oneself open to

• run the chance

• stand a chance

• lie under

• expose oneself to

• open a door to

• Adj. liable

• subject

• in danger

• open to

• exposed to

• obnoxious to

• answerable

• apt to

• dependent on;

• incident to

• contingent

• incidental

• possible

• on the cards

• within range of

• at

• the mercy of

• 5. Combinations of Causes

#178. Concurrence.-- N. concurrence

• cooperation

• union

• agreement

• consent

• coincidence

• (assent) 48

• alliance

• concert

• additivity

• synergy

• partnership

• common cause

• V. concur

• conduce

• conspire

• contribute

• agree

• unite

• hang together

• pull together

• join forces

• make common cause

• help to

• keep pace with

• run parallel

• go with

• go along with

• go hand in hand

• with

• coincide

• Adj. concurring

• concurrent

• in alliance with

• banded together

• of one mind

• at one with

• coinciding

• Adv. with one consent

#179. Counteraction.-- N. counteraction

• opposition

• contrariety

• antagonism

• polarity

• clashing

• collision

• interference

• inhibition

• resistance

• renitency

• friction

• reaction

• retroaction

• (recoil) 27

• neutralization

• vis

• inertiae[Lat]

• check

• voluntary opposition

• voluntary resistance

• repression

• opposites

• action and reaction

• yang and yin

• yang-yin (contrariety)

• 14

• V. counteract

• run counter

• clash

• cross

• interfere with

• conflict

• with

• contravene

• jostle

• go against

• run against

• beat against

• militate

• against

• stultify

• antagonize

• block

• oppose

• traverse

• withstand

• hinder

• repress

• react

• (recoil) 277

• undo

• neutralize

• counterpoise

• Adj. counteracting

• antagonistic

• conflicting

• retroactive

• renitent

• reactionary

• contrary

• Adv. although

• in spite of

• against

• Phr. "for every action there is a reaction

• equal in force and

• opposite in direction" [Newton]